From: seas.gwu.edu!mfeldman@uunet.uu.net (Michael Feldman)
Subject: Re: Play 20K expressions again, Sam
Date: 14 Sep 92 04:12:15 GMT [thread overview]
Message-ID: <1992Sep14.041215.21016@seas.gwu.edu> (raw)
In article <rlk.716081797@amstel> rlk@VisiCom.COM (Bob Kitzberger) writes:
>arra@orb.camb.inmet.com (Arra Avakian) writes:
>
>>Real world test suites are critical to compiler quality, no matter the
>>language it compiles or the its implementation language.
>>Boostrapping puts a real world test case in the hands of the compiler
>>developer, with a very desirable impact on its quality.
>
>A downside to bootstrapping is that it increases a vendor's time-to-market.
>
...as TeleSoft discovered. On the other hand, once the first bootstrapped
product is out there, each new version gets easier and better, as I think
TeleSoft also discovered.
Mike Feldman
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